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RE: Thickness of TR2-4 SU carb spacer?

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Subject: RE: Thickness of TR2-4 SU carb spacer?
From: "Randall Young" <Ryoung@navcomtech.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 21:35:47 -0800
> One interesting thing, when I was doing some destructive testing of an old
> used mount, I cut the rubber away with a hacksaw in order to measure and
> maybe re-use the metal parts within.   The rubber had a VERY
> STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE!!!!

I suspect that means it was not nitrile rubber, which is required to resist
'modern' US gasoline.  Fuel pump diaphragms have the same problem.

You might consider just getting some nitrile from MMC or wherever and trying
that.

Randall





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